As Lu Yi left, Lu Chen sat up and finished his meal in just two minutes before returning to the Stone Pearl World.

From the moment he returned to his room in the morning, Lu Chen realized that the flow of time in the Stone Pearl World was different from the outside world.

He clearly remembered spending a full four days in the Stone Pearl World, yet only one night had passed outside.

One night outside equated to four days in the Stone Pearl World. Calculating it, the time in the Stone Pearl World was about ten times that of the outside world—one day outside, ten days inside.

Discovering this filled Lu Chen with hope for the future. Whether it was the Four Great Families or the City Lord's Manor, whatever they had taken from him, he would reclaim tenfold, even a hundredfold.

After entering the Stone Pearl World, Lu Chen focused on his cultivation. Soon, his martial path smoothly broke through to the 4th-level Martial Apprentice Realm.

At the same time, as his martial realm improved, the territory of the Stone Pearl World expanded by a quarter.

The hypothesis that the territory of the Stone Pearl World would expand with increased strength was confirmed, making Lu Chen very happy. However, another problem soon presented itself.

After breaking through to the 4th-level Martial Apprentice Realm, the Chaos Energy Cluster within him was completely refined, and now he had no cultivation resources at hand.

For a martial artist, absorbing spiritual energy from the heavens and earth to cultivate was extremely slow. Without cultivation resources, martial progress was impossible.

Shortly after, Lu Chen returned to the outside world and lay on his bed, deep in thought.

Due to his dual cultivation in alchemy and martial arts in his previous life, Lu Chen's soul power was several times stronger than the average person upon his rebirth, roughly reaching the level of a 1st-grade Alchemist.

At night, once everyone was asleep, Lu Chen released his soul power. After confirming that no one was secretly watching, he left his room.

With a step, as a starry glimmer appeared beneath his feet, Lu Chen appeared ten meters away, quickly leaving the Lu Family.

Cultivation techniques are also ranked from low to high as Yellow-rank, Mystic-rank, Earthly-rank, Heavenly-rank, and Divine-rank, with each rank divided into upper, middle, and lower grades.

At this moment, Lu Chen was using a movement technique called Soaring Heavens Step, a Heavenly-rank Mid Grade movement technique he created in his previous life. When mastered, its speed rivaled that of a falling star.

Leaving the Lu Family, Lu Chen skillfully navigated the streets and arrived at a shop after crossing several streets.

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The signboard of this shop read "Spirit Herb Hall," a shop established by the Lin Family, one of the Four Great Families, primarily selling various spirit herbs.

Tonight, Spirit Herb Hall was Lu Chen's target. He planned to rob it to obtain spirit crystals, considering it an advance collection of interest from the Lin Family.

Approaching Spirit Herb Hall, Lu Chen released his soul power, and everything within a fifty-meter radius appeared clearly in his mind.

Perhaps due to the high value of the spirit herbs, the Lin Family had arranged six people to guard the shop. Four were at the Martial Apprentice Realm, the shopkeeper was at the 3rd-level Martial Warrior Realm, and upstairs lived a 1st-level Martial Master Realm expert.

Understanding the situation, Lu Chen frowned. Currently, his martial path was only at the 4th-level Martial Apprentice Realm, and even with all his means, his combat strength barely reached the Martial Warrior Realm.

Facing six people, including two "experts" above the Martial Warrior Realm, it seemed unlikely he could succeed tonight.

To be safe, Lu Chen abandoned the Spirit Herb Hall and, after some thought, went to a Lin Family shop selling fabrics.

Guarding this shop was a middle-aged man at the 9th-level Martial Apprentice Realm, who was currently sleeping soundly in a room on the second floor.

Understanding the situation, Lu Chen was confident he could kill him, so he carefully approached the man's window and gently lifted the curtain.

Then, Lu Chen lightly climbed through the window into the man's room.

"Meow!"

Just as Lu Chen neared the man's bed, a cat's meow suddenly came from outside the window.

"Who's there!" The man awoke with a start, shouting sharply.

At this moment, Lu Chen was less than three meters from the man. Seeing him awake, Lu Chen immediately used the Soaring Heavens Step and launched a soul technique at the man.

The next moment, the man, hit by the technique, let out a cold grunt. Lu Chen reached the man's bedside and picked up the large knife placed there.

"You... you're Lu Chen!"

Because Lu Chen's soul power wasn't strong, the soul technique only controlled the man for less than three seconds. Once he regained his senses, he recognized Lu Chen.

Lu Chen sneered, "That's right, it's your Uncle Lu here to claim your life today!"

Before he finished speaking, Lu Chen used the soul technique again and swung the knife down at the man.

"Slash!"

In the next second, blood splattered, and the man's head rolled to the corner of the bed, his headless body collapsing stiffly onto the bed.

After killing the man, Lu Chen, with bloodstains on his face, immediately searched the man's body and found five spirit crystals.

Five spirit crystals were far too few for Lu Chen. He tossed them into the Stone Pearl World and then picked up the man's pillow.

Through his earlier soul power perception, Lu Chen discovered something suspicious about the pillow. Upon opening it, he found it filled with spirit crystals, totaling over thirty-two.

"So poor!"

Lu Chen tossed the thirty-two spirit crystals into the Stone Pearl World, muttering softly. He hadn't expected a Lin Family shop to have so little money.

Afterward, having robbed the Lin Family shop, Lu Chen went downstairs and picked out over twenty sets of clothes from the many available, ones he thought he might use later.

Having done all this, Lu Chen left the shop and used the Soaring Heavens Step to return to his room, entering the Stone Pearl World to continue his cultivation.